Show host Michael Kosta tore into Trump's transgender military ban and Pete Hegseth during his opening monologue

He linked to a June 2024 article from Military.com not so subtly titled, “The Army’s Recruiting Problem is Male.” It stated that male enlistment has dropped 35% since 2013, whereas women enlistment has remained steady.

The president also ordered the Pentagon to end diversity programs, reinstate many service members dismissed for refusing the coronavirus vaccine and create a new missile defense system.

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Hegseth believes students are being raised to “see America as an evil place” because his confining approach to education leaves no room for admiration and criticism, hope and horror, to coexist. He treats American history,

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Monday to remake the Pentagon in his hardline image, setting the stage for banning transgender troops who have honorably served and reinstating service members who were booted for refusing COVID vaccines.

One of Pete Hegseth’s first tasks as Defense Secretary will be to ban transgender servicemen and women and wipe out all mention of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs from the armed forces. He will also bar the use of “invented and identification-based pronouns” and stop biological males and females from using sleeping quarters and bathrooms “intended for the opposite sex,

As the dust settles on the fight over Pete Hegseth's nomination, his confirmation is emblematic of a larger truth about the state of Republican politics.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.

The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.

Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.